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From theWade-Giles romanization ofMandarin Chinese巫(wū,“shaman”).

wu (pluralwusorwu)

1. (historical) AChineseshaman.

• UW

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• (Myanmar)/wu˧/
• (Lianghe)[wɑ³¹]
• (Longchuan)[o³¹]
• (Luxi)[waʔ⁵⁵]
• (Xiandao)[o³¹]

wu

1. bamboo

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005),A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[1], Payap University, page137

• IPA^(key): /wu/

wu

1. alternative form ofwe(“1st person plural subject personal pronoun”)

wu

1. (Erzgebirgisch)where

• wuhar
• wuhie

• 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 29

• IPA^(key): /wu/

wu m (uncountable)

1. Wu (Sinitic language)

wu

1. Thehiragana syllable𛄟(wu) or thekatakana syllable𛄢(wu) inHepburn romanization.

• IPA^(key): [ˈwuː]

• wuna

wu

1. fruit

wu

1. hair

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “wu”, inLamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

• wuë(Eupen, non-reduced form)

Reduced form ofwuë.

• IPA^(key): /ʋuː/
• Hyphenation:wu
• Rhymes:-uː

wu

1. (Eupen)Reduced form ofwuë(“where”)

• hu(obsolete)

FromProto-Slavic*u.

• IPA^(key): /u/

wu [withgenitive]

1. at; at thehome,office,workshop, etc. of (compareGermanbei,Frenchchez,Latinapud, etc.)

wu

1. nonstandard spelling ofwū
2. nonstandard spelling ofwú
3. nonstandard spelling ofwǔ
4. nonstandard spelling ofwù

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

CompareGermanwo,Yiddishוווּ(vu),Dutchwaar,Englishwhere.

wu

1. (interrogative, relative)where

   Wu iss die Kuh?

   Where is the cow?

   Nau muss er sei Actions schtellewu sei grosse Maul iss!

   Now he has to put his actions where his big mouth is!

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-u
• Syllabification:wu

wu n

1. The name of theLatin-script letterW/w.

• (Latin-script letter names)litera;a,ą,be,ce,cie,de,e,ę,ef,gie,ha,i,jot,ka,el,eł,em,en,eń,o,ó /o z kreską,pe,er,es,eś,te,u,wu,y /igrek,zet,ziet,żet

• wu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

FromProto-Tocharian[Term?], fromProto-Indo-European*dwóh₁. CompareTocharian Bwi.

wu m

1. two

• we

FromMandarin五(wǔ).

wu

1. five

• Erika Sandman (2016),A Grammar of Wutun‎^[3], University of Helsinki (PhD),→ISBN

wu

1. alternative form ofwough(“wee”)
   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, line 5:

     Wu canna baar to gow aveel,

     We cannot bear to go abroad,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, line 9:

     Wu canna gow to Ilone vaar,

     We cannot go to the Island fair,

   • 1927, “ZONG O DHREE YOLA MYTHENS”, inTHE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page131, line13:

     Wu canna gow bee chapaal gaat,

     We cannot go to the chapel gate

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, inJournal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[4], volume17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page131

• IPA^(key): /wù/

wù

1. toplease; toattract,appeal,desire

   Synonym:rè

   òṣùpáwù mí jọ̀sán; ẹni t'ó ń ṣiṣẹ́wù mí jọ̀lẹ lọ

   The moonattracts me more than the afternoon, the person who works hardattracts me more than a lazy person

2. to beattractive; to beappealing to someone'staste

• wu before a direct object

• ìwù
• èwù(possibly)

• IPA^(key): /wù/

wù

1. togrow; tosprout
2. todecay, torot;(literally) togrow ordevelopoutgrowth because ofrottenness

   igi máa ńwù, tó bá titutù

   Wooddecays if it is wet

• wu before a direct object

• ìwù

• IPA^(key): /wù/

wù

1. tohappen,appear,seem

• wu before a direct object

• ìwù

• IPA^(key): /wū/

wu

1. toundergodanger; to be indanger

• ewu(“danger”)
• ìwù

• IPA^(key): /wú/

wú

1. toswell up; torise

   ojú egbò ówú

   The surface of the soreswelled up

2. (idiomatic) togrowquickly
3. (idiomatic) toembolden, todignify; toennoble(literally) to make one'ssoul (orí)swell

• ìwú
• wúnilórí

• hú

• IPA^(key): /wú/

wú

1. tounearth,uproot,dig up; toexhume

   ojú egbò ówú

   The surface of the soreswelled up

2. (idiomatic) togrowquickly
3. tocough
4. to become or getpuffed up

• ìwú
• wúkọ́(“tocough”)
• wúre(“topray”)

• IPA^(key): /wú/

wú

1. tocelebrate

   Synonym:yọ̀

• wúyè(“tocelebrate; to becrowned”)
• ìwúyè(“coronation”)

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